On Monday, Mar 29, 2004, at 21:35 Canada/Eastern, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: > I've read the chapter in my David Pogue book, but still have some > questions: > > 1. It said if I want to read and type mail offline (i.e., while not > connected) I should > select Mailbox->go offline. Why after I do this, does it still have > only the one choice, > Mailbox->go offline? Deja vu: "Not trying to be picky, Anne, but I think you might get better -- and more timely -- suggestions if you provided all relevant details. Which OS version? [...] What type of e-mail account? Different versions of the OS or the application may (usually do) have different capabilities, compatibilities -- and bugs. Also, e-mail clients usually have different options for the two basic types of account -- POP and IMAP." The off-line setting is irrelevant to POP accounts, which are (simplifying) always off-line (cf. <http://www.imap.org/papers/imap.vs.pop.brief.html>; see also your Help -- search for "POP mail"). I suspect you have POP. > [...] how do I know when messages have been sent? They're gone from the Out box and a copy placed in the Sent box. (Seems pretty intuitive to me, but, de gustibus...) To actually see how they're being sent away, open the Activity Viewer. > 2. I followed the directions to import Mailboxes from Eudora and the > import was > incomplete. Got last year's but not most of this year's mail. Have > tried a couple > times, no dice. Try <http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Eudora_Mailbox_Cleaner.html>. f